Pirates weave tangled web on 'Spidey'

April 27, 2007 Determined to cash in on the hype surrounding the summer blockbuster, counterfeiters have begun releasing copies of different films in "Spider-Man" sleeves, among them an obscure Dan Aykroyd telefilm. Earlier in the week, Sony Pictures Entertainment said that DVDs here purporting to be pirated copies of "Spider-Man 3" were, in fact, copies of "Spider-Man 2." On Thursday, street vendors were selling discs marked with "Spider-Man 3" packaging, featuring a picture of the hero crouching in a black spider suit, and crediting stars Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst in Chinese.

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